Name: 波扎那必須遏制對鑽石的依賴 (Botswana must curb diamond reliance)
Uploaded: 2021-02-05T18:15:55.000Z
Duration: 1 min 11 s

but Swan is president, is saying that it's more imperative than ever for the country to diversify its economy after abysmal year for the diamond market hit government coffers Quasi.

但斯旺是總統，是說它比以往任何時候都更有必要的國家，以使其經濟多樣化後，鑽石市場糟糕的一年打擊政府財政準。

Masisi was speaking at Africa's biggest mining conference, called Investing in African Mining Indaba, which is being held online this year.

馬西西是在今年在線上舉行的非洲最大的礦業會議上發言，該會議名為 "投資非洲礦業Indaba"。

He said Botswana needs to grow in areas such as base metals.

他說，波扎那需要在基本金屬等領域發展。

Botswana gets about 30% of its revenues from diamond sales via the Debswana Diamond Company, a joint venture with DeBeers.

波扎那通過與德比爾斯的合資企業德布斯瓦納鑽石公司獲得約30%的鑽石銷售收入。

But in 2020 the South African nation closed its borders for eight months of the year.

但在2020年，南非國家每年有8個月的時間關閉邊境。

As a part of lock down measures, Debswana, which produces almost all of Botswana's diamonds, saw exports fall by 30% according to statistics released on Friday by the Bank of Botswana.

作為鎖定措施的一部分，根據波扎那銀行週五公佈的統計數據，生產幾乎所有波扎那鑽石的Debswana的出口下降了30%。

 The SEC said the country is also aiming to develop other minerals, including it's estimated 212 billion tons of coal. 

證監會表示，該國還旨在開發其他礦產，包括它估計的212億噸煤炭。